Newly reelected Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has appointed old-guard figures for his fourth Cabinet after a failed attempt by the prime minister to coax opposition figures into a coalition government.

Algerian police cracked down on demonstrators at a banned Egypt-inspired anti-government march Saturday in the Algerian capital, clashing with protesters and arresting rally-goers, media reports said. A journalist with the Agence France Presse news agency...

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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika plans to repeal the 19-year-old state of emergency in the Arab country "in the very near future," the state-controlled news agency reported Thursday. The report of the official APS news service also quoted...

Algeria is now considered America's closest ally in the fight against Al Qaeda in North Africa, an unlikely partnership that emerged following years of strained relations, leaked US diplomatic cables obtained by Babylon & Beyond show. The documents show extens